Day Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Scotland will lose one of their two Champions League places from the season after next, the Scottish Premier League have confirmed. Thursday night's Europa League results for Belgian clubs saw them overtake Scotland into 15th spot in Uefa's co-efficient ranking table. A fall to 16th also means the 2010-11 SPL champions will not qualify automatically for the following season's Champions League group stage. They will instead have to navigate three qualifying rounds, though all matches will be against champions from smaller European nations rather than runners-up or third and fourth-placed sides from larger countries. But the loss of a Champions League spot is potentially a huge blow to Rangers and Celtic, who published their half-yearly accounts this week in which the difference between reaching the group stage and failing to do so was laid bare. Next season will see both the SPL winners and runners-up in the Champions League, with the runners-up facing two qualifying rounds, the second of which could be against one of the giants of the European game. "Our clubs are sorted for next season. It's for the season after that that Belgium are now above us," said an SPL spokesman. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11781_5959632,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 who cares? not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The Champions League is GAY, who wants all that money anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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